Or is it possible that people who want to read don't want to spend a ton of time sorting through samples to find something that they can read?
There has to be a middle ground between "Stop being lazy and do some research" and "Everything has to be published by publishers to be trusted". Yet when somone suggests that we get tossed into the lazy camp.
So how do we do that? Is there something that we can do on this board? Is it as simple as a topic in the reading recommendations sub board? Or shold we just post random individual topics "Looking for a sci fi book in this sub genre?" If that is the way to go cool. I will start doing that once I have dug out of my massive reading hole.
I guess I thought that by now there would be blogs that listed great indie authors. There probably are and I don't know where they are. Maybe a topic that is pinned that contains useful websites and blogs and the like.
I don't know, something. There are not too many people in this thread who are saying
they won't read Indies but there are people saying that they don't have the time to go digging to find the good authors. There are folks who have made some suggestions (I picked up the trilogy and will hopefully get to read during my vacations this summer) but still no mention of something structured.
I understand that an Independent Author might be less interested in something structured, some have flat out rejected that notion and I have seen a few who flat out were insulted at the notion, but it sure as heck would help people who want to give folks a go but don't want to read a ton of samples and ask for a recommendation every time.
Is there a middle ground?
Seriously, I knew that the baby would keep me busy but I invisioned nap times for reading and a bed time that let me read a bit and relax. Not inconsistent nap times, 9,000 chores when the baby goes to bed, and just playing silly games like Candy Swap and Plants vs Zombies as my destresser. Finding the energy to read has been a problem never mind looking for good indie authors.
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